The Political Podcast Presentation is designed to provide you with the opportunity to refine your organizing and writing skills. Create a presentation using PowerPoint or Google Slides on an episode from the Throughline podcast. To do this assignment, you need to select an episode from the list below (click the link to listen to the episode). Once you have listened to the episode and taken comprehensive notes, create an outline to organize your presentation. The presentation must be based on the podcast episode. Success on this assignment depends on the content, creativity, and quality of your presentation. Instructions: 1. Listen to the Throughline episode you selected and take notes 2. Create an outline to organize the content 3. Create a presentation on PowerPoint or Google Slides The presentation must have between 10-15 slides, not including the title slide You must include a theme (do not use plain white or single color backgrounds), images (use high resolution images), and text (font must be legible) The content needs to be organized in a way that tells the story (be sure to proofread for typos, punctuation, spelling and grammatical errors) The presentation must be submitted as a PDF file on Canvas before the due date. Throughline Podcast Episodes List (click on the link to listen to the episode) A.D.A. Now! (Links to an external site.) The Americans with Disabilities Act is considered the most important civil rights law since the 1960s. Through first-person stories, this episode looks back at the making of this movement, the history of how disability came to be seen as a civil rights issue, and what the disability community is still fighting for 30 years later. Before Stonewall (Links to an external site.) The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, was raided by police fifty years ago, what followed were days of rebellion where protesters and police clashed. Today, that event is seen as the start of the gay civil rights movement, but gay activists and organizations were standing up to harassment and discrimination years before. On this episode, the fight for gay rights before Stonewall. Our Own People (Links to an external site.) A Japanese American activist whose early political awakenings came while incarcerated in the concentration camps of World War II America, Kochiyama dedicated her life to social justice and liberation movements. As hate crimes against AAPI people surge in this country, this episode reflects on Yuri Kochiyama′s ideas around the Asian American struggle, and what solidarity and intersectionality can mean for all struggles. The Invention of Race (Links to an external site.) The idea that race is a social construct comes from the pioneering work of anthropologist Franz Boas. During a time when race-based science and the eugenics movement were becoming mainstream, anthropologist Franz Boas actively sought to prove that race was a social construct, not a biological fact. America′s Caste System (Links to an external site.) ″Race″ is often used as a fundamental way to understand American history. But what if ″caste″ is the more appropriate lens? In conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson, this episode examines the hidden system that has shaped our country. A Race To Know (Links to an external site.) For nearly as long as there has been a United States there has been a census, it is in some ways how we know ourselves. And in every single census there has been at least one question about race. The evolution of these questions and the fight over asking them is at the heart of the American story. This episode looks at how race has played a central role in who is counted in America. Milliken v. Bradley (Links to an external site.) After the landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, public schools across the country were supposed to become more integrated, but by the 1970s, many weren′t. To remedy segregation in their city, the Detroit school board introduced busing across Detroit. But the plan was met with so much resistance that the issue eventually led all the way to the Supreme Court. The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Links to an external site.) Billie Holiday helped shape American popular music with her voice and unique style. ″Strange Fruit,″ a song that paints an unflinching picture of racial violence became an unexpected hit. But singing it brought serious consequences, it turned Billie Holiday into one of the first victims of the War on Drugs. The Real Black Panthers (Links to an external site.) The Black Panther Party′s political agenda and strategy for social justice and economic equality led FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to state in 1968 that the Black Panther Party ″without question, represents the greatest threat to internal security of the country.″ And with that declaration he used United States federal law enforcement to wage war on the group, but why did Hoover′s FBI target the Black Panther Party more severely than any other Black power organization? Policing in America (Links to an external site.) Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. Tensions between African American communities and the police has existed for centuries. This episode looks at the origins of policing in the United States and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system. Mass Incarceration (Links to an external site.) The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world, and a disproportionate number of those prisoners are Black. What are the origins of the U.S. criminal justice system and how did racism shape it? From the creation of the first penitentiaries in the 1800s, to the ″tough-on-crime″ prosecutors of the 1990s, how America created a culture of mass incarceration. The Litter Myth (Links to an external site.) There is more waste in the world today than at any time in history, and the responsibility for keeping the environment clean too often falls on individuals instead of manufacturers. This episode looks at how one organization changed the American public′s relationship with waste and who is ultimately responsible for it. Force of Nature (Links to an external site.) Rivers on fire, acid rain falling from the sky, species going extinct, oil spills, polluted air, and undrinkable water. For so long, we didn′t think of our planet as a place to preserve. And then in the 1960′s and 70′s that changed. Democrats and Republicans, with overwhelming public support, came together to pass a sweeping legislative agenda around environmental protection. This episode looks at what led to Earth Day, and what Earth Day led to. The Everlasting Problem (Links to an external site.) Health insurance for millions of Americans is dependent on their jobs. But it′s not like that everywhere. So, how did the U.S. end up with such a fragile system that leaves so many vulnerable or with no health insurance at all? This episode looks at how a temporary solution created an everlasting problem. The Land of the Fee (Links to an external site.) Tipping is a norm in the U.S. But it hasn′t always been this way. A legacy of slavery and racism, tipping took off in the post-Civil War era. The case against tipping had momentum in the early 1900′s, yet what began as a movement to end an exploitative practice just ended up continuing it. Conspiracy (Links to an external site.) Since the beginning of the pandemic, conspiracy theories about the coronavirus have exploded. But conspiracy theories themselves are nothing new – in fact, they′re fundamental to American life. In this episode, how conspiracy theories helped to create the U.S. and became the currency of political opportunists. Apocalypse Now (Links to an external site.) Evangelicals have played an important role in modern day American politics. How and when did this religious group become so intertwined with today′s political issues? This episode looks at what it means to be an evangelical today and how it has changed over time. American Socialist (Links to an external site.) It′s been over a century since a self-described socialist was a viable candidate for President of the United States. And that first socialist candidate, Eugene V. Debs, didn′t just capture significant votes, he created a new and enduring populist politics deep in the American grain. This episode looks at the story of Eugene V. Debs and the creation of American socialism. The Modern White Power Movement (Links to an external site.) It has been nearly twenty years since 9/11 and during that time much of the media coverage and government attention has been directed at the threat of radical Islamist terrorism. Yet, during that time, it has been domestic terrorism from armed, mostly white American men, that has posed the biggest threat. This episode looks at the rise of the modern white power movement. Presidential Power (Links to an external site.) What can and can′t the president do, and how do we know? When the framers of the U.S. constitution left vague the powers of the executive branch, they opened the door to every president to decide how much power they could claim. This episode looks at how the office of the presidency became more powerful than anything the Founding Fathers imagined possible. Impeachment (Links to an external site.) When Andrew Johnson became president in 1865, the United States was amid one of its most volatile chapters. The country was divided after fighting a bloody civil war and had just experienced the first presidential assassination. This episode looks at how these factors led to the first presidential impeachment in American history. The Electoral College (Links to an external site.) What is it, why do we have it, and why hasn′t it changed? Born from a rushed, fraught, imperfect process, the origins and evolution of the Electoral College might surprise you and make you think differently about our democracy. How We Vote (Links to an external site.) Americans went from casting votes at drunken parties in the town square to private booths behind a drawn curtain. In this episode, the process of voting; how it was originally designed, who it was intended for, moments in our country′s history when we reimagined it altogether, and what we′re left with today. The Most Sacred Right (Links to an external site.) Frederick Douglass dreamed of a country where all people could vote, and he did everything in his power to make that dream a reality. In the face of slavery, the Civil War, and the violence of Jim Crow, he fought his entire life for what he believed was a sacred, natural right that should be available to all people – voting. Capitalism: What Is It? (Links to an external site.) What do we mean when we talk about capitalism? Our economic system might seem inevitable, but it′s a construction project hundreds of years in the making and no part of it is natural or left to chance. This episode invites Kristen Ghodsee, Vivek Chibber and Bryan Caplan, who debate how an economic system became an all-encompassing force that rules our lives and our minds. Capitalism: What Makes Us Free? (Links to an external site.) What′s the role of government in society? What do we mean when we talk about individual responsibility? What makes us free? ′Neoliberalism′ might feel like a squishy term that′s hard to define and understand. But this ideology, founded by a group of men in the Swiss Alps, is a political project that has dominated our economic system for decades. In the name of free market fundamentals, the forces behind neoliberalism act like an invisible hand, shaping almost every aspect of our lives. Capitalism: God Wants You To Be Rich (Links to an external site.) In the New Testament, Jesus says it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. In the United States today, many Christians believe in something radically different. In what′s known as the prosperity gospel, wealth is a sign of virtue and God′s favor. The effects of this belief can be seen throughout American life from business to politics to social policy.
